Combined scraper and steel wool holder



June 2'7, 1950 MaCMARTlN 2,532,952

COMBINED SCRAPER AND STEEL WOOL HOLDER Filed Sept. 17, 1945 BY c radawa% flTTORNE Y Patented June 27, 1950 COMBINED soRAPERAND STEEL WOOL HOLDER Georgiana MacMartin, Seattle, Wash.

Application September 17, sias ri l Nec asio Thisinvention relates to a" combined scraper and'steel Wool holder and-an object of;this invention is to-provide a strong, simple, durable,

inexpensive, practical and eflicient scrapenand steel wool holder that is particularly well'adapted utensils being cleaned and from undesirable contact with the steel wool that is being used.

Another object is to provide a device of this nature that will simultaneously scrape and scour or clean.

Another object of this invention is to provide a combined scraper and steel wool holder comprising a tubular handle portion having a slot extending from end to end thereof and having flanges extending in opposite directions from said slot, the edges of said flanges being varied in shape and serving as scrapers, said handle and slot being adapted to receive a pad of steel Wool or like material and said flanges serving as supports for said pad and as hand guards to protect the hands of the user from contact with the pad and from contact with objects that are being cleaned.

Other objects of the invention will be apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the outer or top side of this device.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the bottom side of the same.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the device.

Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the device showing a pad of material, such as steel wool, operatively held therein.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the device with the pad therein.

Like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the several views.

This combined scraper and steel wool holder comprises a hollow tubular handle portion In having two outwardly extending base flange II and I2. The handle I0 is preferably of generally rounded or oval cross sectional shape and has a 1 Claim. (01.15-105) relatively wide slot I3 left'between the outwardly extending flanges I0' and II whereby a pad M of material such as steel wool may be inserted and held therein. Obviously the pad I4 can'carry or be impregnated with soap, polishing. material and'the1ike 1 e.

Preferably a plurality of inwardly protruding prongs I5 are provided at the locations where the flanges II and I2 and handle ID are joined together. The inner ends of these prongs I5 are sharp enough to readily penetrate the pad I4 but are not sharp enough so that they will injure the hands in inserting or removing the pads I2. These prongs I5 help to hold the pad I4 immovable in the holder. However I find that a steel wool pad can be practically and successfully held in a holder in which these prongs I5 are omitted.

The holder is preferably made of non-corrosive material, such as sheet metal, which may be correctly formed by stamping and bending, or plastic, which may be formed by molding. The material used is hard enough for scraping purposes but soft enough so that it will not damage utensils on which it is used.

The handle I0 is open at both ends to facilitate insertion and removal of pads I4 and to render the device more sanitary and more easily cleaned. In cleaning the device hot water may be poured through the handle from end to end to Wash, clean and sterilize the pad I4 therein.

The pads I4 can be quickly and easily formed by hand out of steel wool or they can be preformed if desired. The portion of the pad in the handle I0 tends to expand and fill this handle and this pad is somewhat compressed where it passes through the slot I3 so that this pad will be held firmly in the holder even in the absence of the prongs I5. Protruding portions of the pad I4 are supported by the flanges II and I2 in the proper manner to adapt them for scouring or cleaning use.

To better adapt the flanges II and I2 for scraping utensils of various shape and contour I preferably provide one flange II with a straight lateral edge I6 and the other flange I2 with a convexly curved lateral edge I1. Also the flanges II and I2 may have straight scraping edges 2I of the ends 2|, I8, I9 and 20 of the flanges II and I2 to surfaces to be scraped.

In the kitchen this device may be used for substantially any scraping, scouring or polishing work for which scrapers, steel wool, or the like are ordinarily used. Also it may be used for many other purposes where scrapers, steel wool,

pumice, sandpaper, and the like are used, such as the cleaning and conditioning of floors. Obviously the device may be made in difierent sizes to meet difierent requirements.

Obviously changes in the device herein disclosed may be made within the scope and spirit'o f the following claim.

I claim: 1 A device of the class described comprising a non-flexible material open at'both ends and havhollow tubular handle portion of relatively rigid ing a slot of substantial width but of less width than the handle portion extending from end to iiendzthereoflalong the base .of said :handle portion, flh$-i11d$ iofxsaid handle, portion vbeing inclined -.c.omr.ergently from :the 'basebutwardly; and two :flange members :of relatively rigid non-flexible materialzdisposed in a. common plane and extending outwardly in opposite directions irom the REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file 'of this patent: v

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